| Conus edwardpauli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. edwardpauli |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus edwardpauli Petuch, 1998 | |
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Conus edwardpauli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica to Colombia
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus edwardpauli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429051 on 2015-09-17
- Petuch E. (2013) Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press. 252 pp
- Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
- "Poremskiconus edwardpauli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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| Conus edwardpauli | |
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